Receptacle support



1956 J. s. STANLEY 2,732,155

' RECEPTACLE SUPPORT Filed Jan. 29, 1955 6 Jae/r 55191219 BY W 7M ATTORNEY United States Patent RECEPTACLE SUPPORT Jack S. Stanley, Lubbock, Tex.

Application January 29, 1953, Serial No. 334,041

1 Claim. (Cl. 248-147) This invention relates to a support for refuse receptacles and lids therefor and, in particular, to an improved support of the class described, wherein a lid-engaging arm is spring-connected to a rotatable support member whereby the lid is positively held in either the open or closed position, and whereby the lid may be rotated out of axial alignment with the body of the receptacle.

It is a principal object of the invention to provide such a device which is simple as to its parts, sturdy in construction, convenient to handle, and inexpensive to manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a support that may be readily adapted for use on receptacles of various heights and with receptacle lids of various weights.

These and other objects and advantages are provided by the support for a refuse receptacle or the like, having a receptacle body and a lid therefor comprising an upright member, receptacle body support means carried by the upright member, and lid support means, comprising a rotatable member vertically journalled in the upper portion of said upright member, an arm mounted on said rotatable member for pivotal movement substantially in a vertical plane, means for attaching the arm to the receptacle lid, and spring means connecting the arm and the rotatable member at points so selected that the line of action of the spring means passes from one side to the other side of the pivot point of the arm on the rotatable member as the arm passes from substantially horizontal to substantially vertical position.

The invention will be more particularly described with reference to the illustrative embodiments of the invention in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View in elevation of the receptacle support of the invention and a receptacle body and lid therefor;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary side view of the receptacle lid support means of the invention.

With reference to the drawings, is an upright support member which is preferably in the form of. a steel pipe. However, the support member 10 may be a solid rod of metal, wood, concrete, or the like.

At the lower end of the support member 10 are attached, as by welding, a pair of base members 12 and 14, which extend generally outwardly from the support member in a horizontal direction. The base members 12 and 14 are each bent in opposite directions at an angle slightly greater than 90, at points A and A respectively, and then extend a distance at least as great as the outside diameter of a support ring 16.

The ring 16 is adapted to encircle the body of the receptacle 18, shown by way of illustration as a standard galvanized refuse can having a lid 19.

The ring 16 is secured to the upright member 10 by a short rod or pipe 20. It has been found that the ring 16 is advantageously attached to the support 10 at a "Ice.

height greater than half the height of the receptacle, in order to provide suflicient stability to the can body.

The ring 16 is further steadied by means of rods 22 and 23 which are attached at the outer ends of base members 12 and 14 respectively and to the ring 16 as more clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

On installations where it is desired to set the upright member 10 and the rods 22 and 23 in concrete, it is evident that the base members 12 and 14 may be left off the assembly. However, the entire assembly may be advantageously attached to a concrete slab, a floor, or the ground by means of a U-shaped anchor pin or the like, generally designated 24 in Fig. 3 of the drawing, adapted to engage the base members 12 and 14.

The lid of the container 19 is supported from the upper end of the support member 10, for both rotatable movement in a horizontal plane and pivotal movement in a vertical plane. The lidsupport means generally comprises a sleeve 26, journalled in the upper portion of the upright support member, and an arm 46 carried by the sleeve 26 for pivotal movement in a vertical plane.

In order to simply mount the sleeve 26 for rotation on the support member 10, the upper portion 30 of the support member has a smaller outside diameter than the main portion of the support member. The inside diameter of the sleeve 26 is constructed slightly larger than the outside diameter of the upper portion 30 of the support member, so that it will rotate freely thereon. With the sleeve 26 in operative position on the support member, the lower end of the sleeve bears against the offset at 32 between the upper and lower portions of the support member 10.

As shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the upper portion 30 of the support member 10 preferably extends upwardly beyond the sleeve 26 so that a cap ring 34 may be secured thereto to prevent the accidental removal of the sleeve from the support. The ring 34 and the upper end of the support member may be bored as at 36 and 38 respectively to receive a pin 40 shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The height of the sleeve 26 is preferably substantially equal to the height of the receptacle. Thus it will be seen that by merely varying the length of support member 10 a wide range of receptacles may be employed with this device.

A pair of horizontally extending spaced brackets 42 and 44 are rigidly fastened to the sleeve 26 such as by welding. A lid carrying handle or arm 46 is pivotally mounted between the brackets 42 and 44 by means of pivot pin 48.

A pair of coil springs 50 and 52 connect the arm 46 and the sleeve 26. The springs 50 and 52 are so selected that they will support and hold the lid of the receptacle when the arm is in the raised position. The springs 50 and 52 are connected to the arm 46 by spring anchor pin 54, which passes through the arm 46, and are connected to sleeve 26 by a similar spring anchor pin 56. The anchor pin 56 is welded to the sleeve 26 at the lower end of brackets 42 and 44, however, this pin may be attached in other well-known ways such as passing the pin through the brackets 42 and 44.

The pivot point of the pivotal axis of the arm 46 and the brackets 42 and 44 and the points of connection between the springs 50 and 52 and the sleeve 26 and the arm 46 are so selected that the line of action of the springs pass from one side to the other side of the pivot pin 48 as the arm 46 passes from substantially horizontal to substantially vertical position.

In the assembly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the line of action of the springs 50 and 52 is below the pivot pin 48 when the arm 46 is in the horizontal position, thus the springs urge the arm in the downwardly position. As the arm 46 is raised, the line of action of the springs moves upwardly and as the arm approaches the vertical position the line of action of the springs is above the pivot pin 48 and the springs urge the arm 46 in a vertical position.

It will be apparent that the points of connection of the springs may be variously shifted and still hold the arm in the vertical and horizontal position without departing from the scope of this invention.

The lid 19 of the receptacle is pivotally supported from the arm 46 so that as the arm is pivoted from the horizontal to the vertical position, the lid is lifted from the receptacle base and held in the open position for easy access to the base portion. In the preferred form of the invention, the connection between arm 46 and the lid 19 comprises a clevis member 58 which is pin-connected as at 60 to the arm. The lower end of clevis member 58 is preferably attached by a nut and bolt 62 to the handle 64 of the lid. A stop member such as pin 66 (see Fig. 4), carried by the brackets 42 and 44 to limit the pivotal movement of the arm 46, may be provided on the assembly when desired.

When it is necessary to remove or replace the receptacle base 18 in the support ring 16, or when it is desired to have more unobstructed access to the base of the receptacle, the cover or lid 19 is vertically raised by means of arm 46 and then the arm and its attached lid are rotated about the upper end of support member to one side or the other of the support ring 16.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that a novel support for a refuse receptacle or the like, having a receptacle body and a lid is provided, whereby the aims, objects, and advantages of the invention are fully accomplished.

It will be apparent, however, that various modifications may be made in the form of the invention. For example, in the illustrative embodiments of the invention, the rotatable member is shown and described as a sleeve 26 journalled about the outside of the support member 10, however, very satisfactory results may be obtained by attaching the brackets 42 and 44 to a rod journalled in the upper hollow end of the support member 10.

I claim:

A support for a refuse receptacle or the like, having a receptacle body and a lid therefor, comprising an upright member, a receptacle body support carried by said upright member, a lid support means comprising a rotatable member carried vertically on the upright portion of said upright member, a pair of parallel horizontally extending spaced brackets secured to said rotatable member, a pivot pin fixed to and extending between said pair of brackets, an arm, said arm pivotally mounted at one end to said pivot pin, the other end of said arm extending over the container lid and projecting beyond the periphery thereof at a point remote from the pivotal connection, a member carried by the center portion of the arm securing the container lid to the arm, a first horizontally extending pin secured to the rotatable member below the spaced brackets, a second horizontally extending pin secured to the arm between the pivotal connection between the arm and the spaced brackets and the member carrying the container lid, said first and second pins extending outwardly beyond the spaced brackets on each side thereof, and a spring extending between the first and second pins below the level of the pivot pin on each side of the pair of brackets, whereby the pivot pin lies above the spring connections between the arm and the rotatable member when the lid is in a substantially horizontal position, and below said spring connection when the arm is in a substantially vertical position.

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